nonprofit impact measurement
Impact you can check
We believe access to technology should be a human right, and a right only counts if you can prove it is being delivered. So we do not measure ourselves in good intentions. We measure talent activated, devices placed and solutions built, and we report every number in the open.
In short
Why radical transparency
Most organisations report their wins and quietly bury their misses. We report both. Radical transparency means our KPIs are public, our budget is open, and our failures are written down next to our successes. If a hackathon underdelivers or a computer room stalls, that goes on the record too.
We hold this line because it protects the people we work with. When impact is public, participants can trust that they are the authors of their success, not props in a fundraising story. And when we are honest about what did not work, we get better faster.
In numbers
Our impact so far (placeholder KPIs, confirm before launch)
25+
AI hackathons organised
100%
success rate
48
partners & supporters
4
countries operating in
300
students impacted
5
solutions built
On the ground
Our Impact
How Tembi Labs measures and reports impact. We publish our KPIs, our budget and our failures in the open, because talent activation only counts if it is proven.
In short
A note on these numbers
The figures above are placeholders shown while we finalise our public reporting. They are not yet independently verified, and we will not present them as hard results until they are confirmed. Honesty about the state of our own data is part of what radical transparency means.
Compare
What we count and what we do not
| We measure this | We do not lean on this |
|---|---|
| Talent activated. Students who build, pitch and step into Chapter Lead or AI Champion roles. | Vanity reach. Impressions and event headcounts that look big but prove nothing. |
| Devices placed. Refurbished laptops built into computer rooms, with local owners and a check-in after 6 months. | Devices shipped. Hardware sent out with no follow-up on whether it was ever used. |
| Solutions built. Working prototypes and projects that came out of our events. | Sympathy. Stories designed to move donors rather than report reality. |
In short
Impact tied to the mission, not the brand
Every number we track answers one question: is access to technology actually widening, or does it just look like it is? That is why our version of nonprofit impact measurement leans on outcomes a student could confirm rather than figures that flatter a report. A placed device only counts once it is in a working computer room. An activated student only counts once they have built, pitched, or stepped into a Chapter Lead or AI Champion role.
This keeps our digital inclusion work honest. Reach numbers are easy to inflate and prove nothing about tech access in developing countries. Built things, maintained rooms and students who keep going are harder to fake, and they are the only proof that the mission is moving. When those are the numbers on the board, the incentive is always to do the real work, not to perform it.
How we work
How we measure impact
- 01
Set a clear goal before an event or a device placement
- 02
Record what actually happened, wins and misses alike
- 03
Follow up, including a check-in 6 months after devices land
- 04
Publish the KPIs, the budget and the failures openly
- 05
Use what we learn to run the next one better
“We report our failures as openly as our wins. All our KPIs are public.”
Next step
Hold us to it
Transparency only works if people use it. Read how we operate, and ask us hard questions.
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FAQ
Questions, answered.
We track talent activated, devices placed into computer rooms, and solutions built at our events. We prefer outcomes that prove real change over reach numbers that only look impressive.
The figures shown are placeholders while we finalise public reporting, and they are not yet independently verified. We will not present them as hard results until they are confirmed. Saying so is part of radical transparency.
It means our KPIs are public, our budget is open, and our failures are recorded next to our successes. If something underdelivers, that goes on the record too.
Because honesty protects the people we work with and makes us better faster. Burying misses would turn impact into a marketing story, which is exactly what we refuse to do.
Devices are earned, not given away. After a hackathon proves local demand, refurbished laptops are built into computer rooms with local owners and a check-in after 6 months.
We are building out public reporting. In the meantime, write to hello@tembilabs.com and we will share what we can, including where our numbers still need confirmation.
Our mission is that access to technology should be a human right. Impact reporting is how we hold ourselves to it, measuring whether access actually widened rather than whether we looked busy. That is why we publish outcomes, budgets and failures together. ---
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